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Frosb maclii- nations against Saiyid Tnrki i n Makrfin, 1874. Capiure and deportation of Salim, October 1876. Fondness of Saiyid Turki for Gwidar and iiis biter residences and proceed ings there. 614 Manora " tug, carrying 60 armed police under a European officer ar rived from Karachi, whence they had been despatched under the orders of Government ; and Captain Mockler arranged for a cordon to be drawn across the isthmus and called upon Saiyid Salim to surrender. The summons, however, was ignored; and, shortly after nightfall, Salim with the loss of a horse which was shot under him, succeeded in breaking through the line and in gaining the open country. As it was impossible to pursue him into Persian territory negotiations were re-opened, but Salim still declined the terms proposed; and in the end he escaped from Makran and made his way back to his original retreat on Qishm Island. In April 1874 Saiyid'Abdul 'Aziz, a brother of Salim-bin-Thuwaini left Masqat surreptitiously with one Dahu, the same African who had given trouble at Gwadar in 1870, and landed, probably with disloyal intentions, at Puzim in Makran ; but, in the month of September follow ing, <lio pair were brought back in custody to Masqat by Din Muhammad, chief of the Dashtyari district, whom the Sultan had suborned. The erring Saiyid was confined in the palace and not otherwise punished; but Dahu disappeared and was believed to have been executed. From August to December 1875, Saiyid Turki himself resided at Gwadar, having virtually resigned the sovereignty of 'Oman for the time being into the. hands of his brother 'Abdul ' Aziz, to whom he had been partially reconciled. In October, during his sojourn at Gwadar, Saiyid Salim, his principal rival, was arrested at sea by a British man-of-war under the orders of 1873 and deported to India. Gwadar was again visited by the Sultan in August and September 1881 for change of air, and in January 1883 ; shortly after his visit in 1883 he caused the garrison to be reinforced by a draft of 80 Wahhabis ; and between 1884 and 1886 a post was constructed under his orders at Pishukan, on the western boundary of the Gwadar enclave. In 1888 shortly before his death, Saiyid Turki, for whom Gwadar had always had _ a special attraction, wished to separate it from the rest of his dominions and confer it on his eldest son Muhammad: but this intention remained unfulfilled. Difficulties witk the Rind tribe, 1875-86. A .out 18 /0 strained relations arose between the Sultan's officials at i Wa a ! ai \ ® aluchi tribe of Kinds, whose headquarters are in Mand, f , 0Se _ 0 , 1 mi ^ 1 - a j n ^ ier ^ ^ a distance of about 80 miles from f/f R'ud country is open and not destitute of cultivation, ' • -7 ^ S ; ien §^h of the tribe is only about 1,500 men, and the bno'?'' 0 * 8 ^ crs ordinarily follow peaceful pursuits; but the f]/. + Ii 1 ' ' r "i, 0 - 61 aU( ^ P 0 ssess little influence over individuals, and control 36 01 18 leason 3,10 P rone t 0 misbehave and difficult to fcjret

Part 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the Gazetteer .

Volume I, Part I has been divided into two bound volumes (1A and 1B) for ease of binding. Part 1A contains an 'Introduction', 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Trees' and 'Detailed Table of Contents'. The content is arranged into nine chapters, with accompanying annexures, that relate to specific geographic regions in the
Persian Gulf
Historically used by the British to refer to the sea area between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Often referred to as The Gulf or the Arabian Gulf. . The chapters are sub-divided into numbered periods according, for example, to the reign of a ruler or regime of a Viceroy, or are arbitrarily based on outstanding land-marks in the history of the region. Each period has been sub-divided into subject headings, each of which has been lettered. The annexures focus on a specific place or historical event. Further subject headings also appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally at the bottom of the page to provide further details and references.

Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.

Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.